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Aneurysm-like outpouching of ventricular wall through a gap caused by constrictive pericarditis with focal sparing

Authors: Abhinav Ranwaka, Manisha V. Joshi

Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging | Issue 5/2015

Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is usually generalized though it can be focal, affecting only a patch of pericardium, or very rarely, generalized with focal sparing. We describe a case of constrictive pericarditis with focal sparing along the right ventricle. This focal sparing behaved like a defect in the otherwise thickened pericardium, resulting in protrusion of normal right ventricular myocardium between the margins of the thickened pericardium simulating an aneurysm.

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Title: Aneurysm-like outpouching of ventricular wall through a gap caused by constrictive pericarditis with focal sparing
Authors: Abhinav Ranwaka
Manisha V. Joshi
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / Issue 5/2015
Print ISSN: 1569-5794
Electronic ISSN: 1875-8312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-015-0644-8

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